United States v. Fletcher
District Court, W.D. Texas
Proceeding on a bail bond by the United States against Norman E. Fletcher, principal, and J. M. Escajeda and L. Lopez, sureties. On motion by sureties to set aside judgments nisi and final.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, District Judge.
There is a motion presented to me in this case to set aside judgments nisi and final on a bail bond in which the defendant Norman E. Fletcher is principal, and the defendants J. M. Escajeda and I,. Lopez are sureties. Fletcher, the principal in the bond, failing to make his appearance in a criminal case for which the same was given, judgment nisi was taken on April 11; 1921, and after service of scire facias upon said sureties, and upon their failure to answer, judgment final by default was on October 4, 1921, rendered. The defendant Fletcher has not up to this lime been…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Upton v. TribilcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Hazard v. GriswoldU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island · 1884
- Lumley v. Wabash Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan · 1895
- Taylor v. FleckensteinUnited States Circuit Court · 1887
3Cited by5 opinions
- National Surety Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1928
- Rudolph Williams, and United Bonding Insurance Company, Surety-Appellant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Southern Auto Company v. FletcherCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
- In Re Hyun-Bok ChungUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Hawaii · 1984
- Western Surety Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1934